Looking at Claudia angrily, Charlotte screamed, "Mom, how did Ethan insult you and say that you had to turn the facts upside down like this? Can you tell the truth? You were responsible for everything that occurred today! Patricia Fabian offered to buy your bracelet, and you might have declined. Why did you insult her and get into a fight?!" When I saw you get slapped, I stepped forward to help. But I did not expect you to back out after learning Patricia Fabian's identity. No matter how afraid you were, why would you compel me to let her slap me?
Have you ever considered my feelings? Why do you need to do that?"
"Ethan was just trying to help us by slapping that woman. How can you put all the blame on him?" Without Ethan, I could have been mutilated by that woman! Without Ethan helping me, I might be raped with her husband! Do you even hear what I was saying?" Also, how can you say we were let off the hook because of Nero Wilcon's generosity? Ridiculous! You abandoned us and took off on your own. "You did not see anything, so how can you claim that?!" There were many of them. I probably wouldn't have returned here if it hadn't been for Ethan. Nero Wilcon would have bullied me to death! How could you twist the truth and blame everything on Ethan while characterizing Nero Wilcon as magnanimous?! You are just spewing garbage! "You've gone overboard and this attitude is not acceptable!"
Charlotte was outraged and upset as she remembered what had just happened, and tears spilled down her cheeks. Remembering all the things that happened today, she was devastated to know that her own mother is willing for her to be slapped for her own sake.
She felt horrible for both herself and Ethan! Why is Mom doing this to us?
After hearing Charlotte's comments, Anastasia grasped what had happened and glanced at Claudia, surprised. "Mom, did you force Charlotte to let herself get slapped by someone else? Why? She is still young! You even left them alone, dashed back to your room, and compelled me to join you. Were you going to ignore Charlotte and Ethan and leave them be?"
Anastasia was upset, unable to believe her mother would do such a thing.
However, Charlotte would never deceive her about such topics.
"Shut up!" Now that you can feed yourself, you know how to teach me, right? Claudia lost her cool while being questioned by her two daughters, cursing at them with her hands around her waist. "What do you know?" The Wilcons are an influential family in Emerald Coast County. How can we afford to provoke them? What can I do? You blame me for putting Charlotte out to be smacked, but she's still tiny and can take a few smacks. I'm already old. Do you still expect me to get slapped? Are you even thinking? You two are not faithful!"
Claudia chastised Anastasia and Charlotte, accusing them of being unfaithful for refusing to help her take the slaps.
Charlotte was speechless. With a self-deprecating chuckle, she added, "Yeah, I'm your daughter, so I deserve to be pushed out by you and slapped by someone else, right? Okay, I'll admit I'm unlucky to have a mother like you. But when you left, you had no knowledge of what happened, so why would you say that in front of Anastasia? Why did you say that Nero Wilcon was polite and generous? "Do you know what he asked for?"
"Well, what could he have asked for? He wouldn't have asked you to sleep with him, right? If that's what he asked, you might as well have agreed. "You are far more attractive than that fat bitch." You'd replace her sooner or later!"
Charlotte did not expect Claudia to think it was a shame she had not agreed to Wilcon's request.
Charlotte couldn't believe her mother wanted her to sleep with someone else and become a mistress to get ahead!
"Hahahaha! I can not believe my mother uttered such dirty things! What are you taking your daughter for? Can someone toy with me simply because they are wealthy? Is that your standard for marriage and wealth? Do you feel any shame, Mom?" Charlotte shouted angrily.
Outraged by her daughter's constant teasing, Claudia slapped Charlotte in the face. "You are quite rebellious! "How can you talk to your mother like that?"
After being slapped, Charlotte cocked her head to one side. But she swiftly pulled her head back and frowned fiercely at Claudia, biting her lower lip.
"You're still mad, right? "You need to get slapped more!" Claudia raised her hand again.
"Enough!" Anastasia grabbed Claudia's wrist. She reddened and stared contemptuously at Claudia, indicating her irritation. "Charlotte is right. "You do not deserve to be a mother at all!"
Anastasia was surprised by what Claudia had just said!
She was pretty disappointed in her mother. Especially allowing Charlotte to be a mistress just because the person is wealthy. What a nonsense!
Anastasia shook Claudia's hand dismissively before turning around to grab Charlotte's. She walked upstairs without looking back.
Upset by her children's behavior, Claudia sat on the floor again, hitting her legs and weeping. "Oh my goodness! I worked hard to raise both of you; now, this is how you treat me! You're such an unfaithful person! I am incredibly unlucky to have raised such daughters!
Ahem, what did I owe them in my past life?
Claudia cried for a while, but nobody came downstairs to console her.
What was the point of doing a one-woman show without an audience?
Claudia stood from the ground, gritting her teeth as she looked up the stairs. "It is entirely the responsibility of that useless individual! Without it for him, Charlotte and Anastasia would never have done this to me! Ethan Knight, wait and watch!"
Anastasia returned Charlotte to her room and accompanied her for a while. She consoled her by saying, "Forget it. Could you not listen to her nonsense talking? That is precisely what Mom is like. She's acted this way before. Take her dumb remarks as nothing, or you'll be irritated."
Charlotte nodded with tears in her bloodshot eyes. "Yes, I have it." I want to be alone for a while. Please return to your room."
Anastasia sighed, dried her eyes, and returned to her room.
Ethan had already put Sophia to bed inside the room and was sitting quietly on the carpet, waiting for her.
"Ethan, Charlotte told me what occurred. Thank you on Charlotte's behalf, and I apologize on behalf of my mother," Anastasia said apologetically, staring at Ethan.
Ethan smiled and shook his head. "No, they are your family members; thus, they are also my family members. You don't have to apologize on their behalf. I did what I need to do for the family.
Anastasia felt stirred and overwhelmed with unexplainable remorse. "You have immense power and fortune, and you could have simply stayed in your gorgeous mansion, where no one would boss you around. "You'd have a better life than you do now."
Ethan interrupted her gently but firmly, "However, you guys aren't there. Wherever you and Sophia are is my home. You are my home."